:00:00. > :00:00.Welcome to South East Today, I'm That is something!
:00:00. > :00:08.Welcome to South East Today, I'm Natalie Graham.
:00:09. > :00:13.And I'm John Young. Tonight's top stories:
:00:14. > :00:17.The power of the weather th`t's The power of the weather th`t's
:00:18. > :00:20.bashing Sussex and Kent. There's more to come tonight, and
:00:21. > :00:23.throughout the weekend. The cost of the flooding to our
:00:24. > :00:25.businesses ` it's thought the clean`up bill in the south`east
:00:26. > :00:31.clean`up bill in the south`dast could reach ?100 million. We are
:00:32. > :00:35.trying to operate on one colputer, trying to operate on one computer,
:00:36. > :00:37.one telephone line, so the girls are struggling at the moment. We
:00:38. > :00:37.one telephone line, so the girls are struggling at the moment. Wd are
:00:38. > :00:41.struggling at the moment. We are like tonight on the Sussex coast
:00:42. > :00:45.offshore and on the banks of the Medway in Kent.
:00:46. > :00:48.Also in tonight's programme: The tax loophole which means migrant
:00:49. > :00:53.workers are undercutting other employees and getting more work as a
:00:54. > :00:57.result. Is it the end of the road for one of
:00:58. > :01:02.the oldest motor events in the country? The future of the Brighton
:01:03. > :01:08.Speed Trials is in doubt. And she's big in Japan. We leet the
:01:09. > :01:09.pop star who's mobbed abroad but unknown at home in Kent.
:01:10. > :01:22.Good good evening. The power of the storm
:01:23. > :01:24.that's been hammering the south`east was shown in its rawest forl this
:01:25. > :01:26.was shown in its rawest form this afternoon, stunning people `s they
:01:27. > :01:28.afternoon, stunning people as they watched parts of the cliffs at
:01:29. > :01:31.Rock`a`Nore in Hastings simply collapse into the Channel.
:01:32. > :01:35.Meanwhile, people living in low lying parts of Kent face yet another
:01:36. > :01:39.anxious wait as more heavy rain is forecast. In a moment, we'll report
:01:40. > :01:43.on how much the weather is costing businesses but first, let's go to
:01:44. > :01:54.Juliette Parkin who joins us now from the Sussex coast at Shoreham.
:01:55. > :01:56.Still an anxious night ahead? Yes, absolutely. The next high tide
:01:57. > :01:58.Still an anxious night ahead? Yes, absolutely. The next high thde here
:01:59. > :02:03.is expected in the early hotrs of tomorrow morning and is due to be as
:02:04. > :02:05.high as the tide which we s`w earlier today at midday. It came
:02:06. > :02:06.flooding through here and out earlier today at midday. It came
:02:07. > :02:11.flooding through here and out onto this Maine road behind me, putting
:02:12. > :02:13.properties here at risk. It has been a tense 24 hours for residents but
:02:14. > :02:16.it is further east along the coast it is further east along the coast
:02:17. > :02:23.where the bad weather today has really taken its toll.
:02:24. > :02:26.That big lump is going to go! There we go, look. The moment the cliff
:02:27. > :02:28.edge gave way, buckling unddr we go, look. The moment the cliff
:02:29. > :02:30.edge gave way, buckling unddr the pressure of a saturated landscape.
:02:31. > :02:48.Here we go! Oh, my God! This dramatic cliff fall
:02:49. > :02:52.at Rock`a`Nore near Hastings happened at 1:30pm this aftdrnoon.
:02:53. > :02:54.Although nobody was injured, it is a stark reminder of what can happen
:02:55. > :02:58.when a period of what has been when a period of what has been
:02:59. > :02:58.described as exceptional we`ther described as exceptional weather
:02:59. > :03:04.batters the coast. It is am`zing, I batters the coast. It is amazing, I
:03:05. > :03:09.have never seen anything like it in my life. Luckily, there was nobody
:03:10. > :03:13.around who was past failings. `` the railings. People fish around there
:03:14. > :03:17.sometimes. There was a lot lore sometimes. There was a lot lore
:03:18. > :03:20.ready to come down. The thing we need to get across more than
:03:21. > :03:23.anything else is to respect the water. It is dangerous, it hs fierce
:03:24. > :03:24.water. It is dangerous, it is fierce and it weighs a tremendous `mount
:03:25. > :03:26.when it hits you, so keep well and it weighs a tremendous amount
:03:27. > :03:28.when it hits you, so keep wdll clear of it. Go and have a look but keep
:03:29. > :03:31.when it hits you, so keep well clear of it. Go and have a look btt keep a
:03:32. > :03:35.safe distance. Further west, in Shoreham, as the rain lashed down
:03:36. > :03:40.and strong winds whipped up the waves, seaside residents were
:03:41. > :03:47.protecting themselves against coastal flooding. Very worrhed. We
:03:48. > :03:56.have been flooded once and I'm sure it will happen again. Residdnts are
:03:57. > :04:01.worried as well in Yalding, in Kent, where they are still drying out at
:04:02. > :04:06.the devastating floods on Christmas Day. Everything is being rahsed in
:04:07. > :04:10.preparation. We are preparing for more rain at the weekend. We came
:04:11. > :04:13.more rain at the weekend. Wd came here last night and put sandbags in
:04:14. > :04:17.front of the flats, because people have had to move out. Obviotsly the
:04:18. > :04:21.two ground floor flats were flooded. When high tide hit Shoreham
:04:22. > :04:25.harbour just after midday today, harbour just after midday today
:04:26. > :04:28.water swept into the boat yard at the Sussex yacht club, testhng
:04:29. > :04:31.the Sussex yacht club, testing defences to the limit. The last
:04:32. > :04:33.couple of months is the worst I have known it in my lifetime, behng
:04:34. > :04:35.couple of months is the worst I have known it in my lifetime, being in
:04:36. > :04:42.Shoreham. We are preparing for the worst and we think it will be out
:04:43. > :04:46.into the clubhouse again. The Sussex coast has claimed two lives in
:04:47. > :04:51.recent months. A 14`year`old boy was swept out to sea in Newhaven in
:04:52. > :04:53.October and a 36 old woman died after running into stormy seas in
:04:54. > :04:57.after running into stormy sdas in Brighton just before Christmas.
:04:58. > :05:02.With events like this and more storms to come over the weekend
:05:03. > :05:09.people are being urged to stay well away from the coast. Well strong
:05:10. > :05:16.winds and waves are expected tonight and over the weekend and we are told
:05:17. > :05:17.that there could be more flooding over the same areas, and thdre
:05:18. > :05:18.that there could be more flooding over the same areas, and there could
:05:19. > :05:20.over the same areas, and thdre could be more risk to those people near
:05:21. > :05:25.be more risk to those peopld near the region's largest rivers.
:05:26. > :05:28.Thanks, Juliette. Let's go to Simon Jones now, who is in Maidstone,
:05:29. > :05:31.which is still counting the cost of last week's dramatic floods. The
:05:32. > :05:33.average insurance claim there is expected to be upwards of ?20,0 0
:05:34. > :05:37.expected to be upwards of ?20,000 and the total cost to the south`east
:05:38. > :05:41.could top ?100 million. Simon. Well, this restaurant here flooded
:05:42. > :05:43.on Christmas Eve. They had 040 people booked in for Christmas
:05:44. > :05:44.on Christmas Eve. They had 140 people booked in for Christlas Day,
:05:45. > :05:48.people booked in for Christmas Day, all that had to be cancelled,
:05:49. > :05:51.costing them money along with the cost for the clean`up. They are at
:05:52. > :05:56.risk because of their location, right here by River Medway. Today
:05:57. > :06:00.has been another wet and windy day and, tonight, there is a warning of
:06:01. > :06:05.more potential flooding over the Medway over the next 48 hours. The
:06:06. > :06:08.cost of the flooding is now becoming clearer.
:06:09. > :06:09.Staff at this estate agents fought a futile battle against the rising
:06:10. > :06:15.futile battle against the rhsing water on Christmas Day. Now they are
:06:16. > :06:19.going to have to relocate for the next two months. I was absolutely
:06:20. > :06:24.traumatised. It was devastating when I heard about it and I wasn't sure
:06:25. > :06:26.what to expect. Everything has been written off, so we are having to
:06:27. > :06:28.move out of the office. It hs written off, so we are having to
:06:29. > :06:33.move out of the office. It is going to cost you a lot of money? I
:06:34. > :06:37.imagine so, yes. I have the insurance people coming but as a
:06:38. > :06:40.business, we are trying to operate on one computer, one telephone line.
:06:41. > :06:44.So the girls are struggling at the moment.
:06:45. > :06:45.Instead of entertaining on Boxing Day, at this restaurant, thdy
:06:46. > :06:48.Instead of entertaining on Boxing Day, at this restaurant, they were
:06:49. > :06:52.dealing with the aftermath of the flooding. It will cost around 6 ,000
:06:53. > :06:54.flooding. It will cost around 60,000 `?70,000 to bring everything to
:06:55. > :06:59.normal, and to bring the people back in. At this picture framing
:07:00. > :07:05.business, a flooded cellar has led to ruined stock. This is our print
:07:06. > :07:06.studio. As you can see, we are having to completely refurbhsh
:07:07. > :07:06.studio. As you can see, we `re having to completely refurbish it.
:07:07. > :07:12.having to completely refurbhsh it. We have had to clear everything out.
:07:13. > :07:20.This is the gallery, which, again, as you can see, we are having to
:07:21. > :07:21.completely refurbish. The cost is also being felt by those who were
:07:22. > :07:27.able to remain open for business. able to remain open for bushness.
:07:28. > :07:29.The shops are reporting footfall down by 25%, spending is reflected
:07:30. > :07:32.in that sort of figure as wdll, in that sort of figure as wdll,
:07:33. > :07:36.because you haven't got the same amount of people going through the
:07:37. > :07:41.doors. A final clean`up at Loch Meadow Centre, now open for business
:07:42. > :07:42.again, with the hope that the agencies will review how thd
:07:43. > :07:49.agencies will review how the flooding will be dealt with a game.
:07:50. > :07:53.We were all aware that Maidstone was not going to be flooded as ht was
:07:54. > :07:59.not going to be flooded as it was over the future but hopefully we can
:08:00. > :08:02.sit down and work it out. Btt it will not be cheap. I have had
:08:03. > :08:05.will not be cheap. I have h`d figures of tens of millions banded
:08:06. > :08:09.around and I think it is not inaccurate. The cost could be more
:08:10. > :08:13.of that because we are in the middle of an ongoing flood situation with
:08:14. > :08:16.more predicted in the coming weeks. But the message from Maidstone is,
:08:17. > :08:20.we are open for business. All eyes are now on the rainfall
:08:21. > :08:26.situation over the next 48 hours. Let's talk to the leader of
:08:27. > :08:29.Maidstone Council. A lot of businesses have told us, like
:08:30. > :08:30.residents have over the last few days, there simply wasn't enough
:08:31. > :08:35.warning, particularly here hn warning, particularly here hn
:08:36. > :08:39.Maidstone. I think the floods in Maidstone, particularly in the town
:08:40. > :08:41.centre, have caught us by strprise to a degree. The cancer was geared
:08:42. > :08:44.up for Christmas Eve, really to a degree. The cancer was geared
:08:45. > :08:46.up for Christmas Eve, reallx centres up for Christmas Eve, really centres
:08:47. > :08:49.were open and we dealt with the most vulnerable families as soon as we
:08:50. > :08:52.could on Christmas Eve and throughout Christmas. We have now
:08:53. > :08:57.got to do the clearer operation to help businesses get through this
:08:58. > :09:01.and, in particular, to get them trading again. If it took you by
:09:02. > :09:05.surprise, are you admitting not enough was done? It is down to the
:09:06. > :09:07.Environment Agency to give warnings, they did that on the internet
:09:08. > :09:07.Environment Agency to give warnings, they did that on the interndt and
:09:08. > :09:10.the radio and the council responded the radio and the council rdsponded
:09:11. > :09:13.on Christmas Eve. We have staff coming back to work that afternoon
:09:14. > :09:18.on Christmas Eve to start getting stuff in place, but now we have to
:09:19. > :09:22.go through this situation are getting businesses back on their
:09:23. > :09:24.feet in Maidstone town centre. How worried are you about the ndxt
:09:25. > :09:24.feet in Maidstone town centre. How worried are you about the next 48
:09:25. > :09:28.worried are you about the ndxt 8 hours, particularly here? The
:09:29. > :09:30.message from the Environment Agency to us and to Kent county cotncil is
:09:31. > :09:32.to us and to Kent county council is there is likely to be more flooding.
:09:33. > :09:34.The extent they suggest is it there is likely to be more flooding.
:09:35. > :09:38.The extent they suggest is it will not be as much as Christmas Eve and
:09:39. > :09:40.Christmas Day. However, we need to be vigilant and need to be able to
:09:41. > :09:44.be vigilant and need to be `ble to respond as soon as it occurs and the
:09:45. > :09:46.council is geared up to do so. Thank you be joining us and businesses
:09:47. > :09:49.you be joining us and busindsses like this one are hopeful that it
:09:50. > :09:52.won't be as bad as before, but a lot of concern again tonight.
:09:53. > :09:54.Simon, thank you very much. Rachel Mackley, our weather
:09:55. > :09:56.forecaster, joins us now. Rachel, what's the big issue tonight and
:09:57. > :10:01.into the weekend? Well, it hs what's the big issue tonight and
:10:02. > :10:02.into the weekend? Well, it is a into the weekend? Well, it hs a
:10:03. > :10:07.combination of factors. Already, we have seen an awful lot of r`infall.
:10:08. > :10:10.The rivers of all, the ground is saturated and on top of that, today,
:10:11. > :10:14.we have seen naturally the highest occurring tide that we will see
:10:15. > :10:21.throughout the year. And on top of that, there are strong winds and
:10:22. > :10:25.heavy rain on the south coast. Gusts of up to 60 mph. Into Saturday, the
:10:26. > :10:29.winds are going to be easing but there is still a lot of concern
:10:30. > :10:31.about Sunday heavy rain and strong winds. And we will have more
:10:32. > :10:32.about Sunday heavy rain and strong winds. And we will have mord in the
:10:33. > :10:34.winds. And we will have more in the forecast at the end of the
:10:35. > :10:37.programme. Thanks very much. In a moment:
:10:38. > :10:38.the damage the Brighton Bomb did to the Northern Ireland peace process,
:10:39. > :10:45.revealed in secret Government files. It's been revealed that eastern
:10:46. > :10:47.European migrants in the south`east European migrants in the south`east
:10:48. > :10:50.are being favoured by emploxees are being favoured by employees
:10:51. > :10:56.because they cost less to elploy than British workers.
:10:57. > :10:58.Some then claim benefits to top up their wage, but critics say this
:10:59. > :11:01.kind of undercutting makes it hard kind of undercutting makes it hard
:11:02. > :11:09.for young people to get jobs in the industry. Rachel Royce has been
:11:10. > :11:13.investigating. Sonny is an apprentice on a building
:11:14. > :11:17.site in Tunbridge Wells. He is one of the lucky ones. The developers
:11:18. > :11:19.here have committed to ensuring that 20% of their jobs go to loc`l
:11:20. > :11:21.20% of their jobs go to local workers. Even so, he found ht a
:11:22. > :11:26.workers. Even so, he found it a struggle to get in. It took me maybe
:11:27. > :11:33.about 50 applications, from September last year. And was that
:11:34. > :11:37.surprising to you? No, it is a known fact. Building sites throughout the
:11:38. > :11:39.south`east use migrant labour. fact. Building sites throughout the
:11:40. > :11:43.south`east use migrant labour. There are Lithuanians on this sitd. They
:11:44. > :11:46.are often experienced and prepared to work for less than similarly
:11:47. > :11:50.skilled British workers and a tax loophole allows for the employer not
:11:51. > :11:56.to pay National Insurance for foreign workers. Building industry
:11:57. > :11:59.fair wage campaigner Stephen Lewis says some workers go further and use
:12:00. > :12:01.workers employed from agencies workers employed from agenches
:12:02. > :12:04.abroad who do not have to p`y the minimum wage. All of the building
:12:05. > :12:07.minimum wage. All of the buhlding sites use migrant workers, and the
:12:08. > :12:11.simple thing is cost. Why are they cheaper? The first two years, they
:12:12. > :12:14.come under a tax loophole, a cheaper? The first two years, they
:12:15. > :12:15.come under a tax loophole, a tax loophole in which they are dntitled
:12:16. > :12:17.to work for less than the minimum to work for less than the mhnimum
:12:18. > :12:21.wage because the benefits system wage because the benefits system
:12:22. > :12:27.supplements their income, and they get housing benefit and medhcal
:12:28. > :12:33.care. It works quite well for us. We basically use the benefits system to
:12:34. > :12:34.help build our houses. National Insurance and attack rates `re
:12:35. > :12:34.help build our houses. National Insurance and attack rates are much,
:12:35. > :12:35.Insurance and attack rates `re much, much lower in eastern Europe
:12:36. > :12:35.Insurance and attack rates are much, much lower in eastern Europd and
:12:36. > :12:40.much lower in eastern Europe and they are also paying back to their
:12:41. > :12:43.home countries. The Inland Revenue are not happy with this sittation.
:12:44. > :12:49.They described it as aggressive tax avoidance. Jordan Burrow are things
:12:50. > :12:50.he has lost out to cheap foreign labour. He studied carpentry
:12:51. > :12:51.he has lost out to cheap foreign labour. He studied carpentrx at
:12:52. > :12:55.labour. He studied carpentry at college but cannot find construction
:12:56. > :12:58.work. They have all said thdre are no vacancies and they don't need to
:12:59. > :13:02.take new members on. The Government say they are aware of the tax
:13:03. > :13:05.say they are aware of the t`x loophole and plan to end it in
:13:06. > :13:12.April. There are no plans to end the system that allow workers to be paid
:13:13. > :13:14.less than the minimum wage. Inside Out on Monday will bd
:13:15. > :13:14.less than the minimum wage. Inside Out on Monday will be looking
:13:15. > :13:18.Inside Out on Monday will bd looking into the impact of ten years of
:13:19. > :13:22.eastern European immigration. That's at 7:30pm on BBC One.
:13:23. > :13:26.The jury in a human trafficking trial has retired to considdr its
:13:27. > :13:28.verdict at Hove Crown Court. Matay Puskas, Victoria Brown and Zoltan
:13:29. > :13:31.Mohatski, alongside brothers Istfan and Peter Toft, are accused of
:13:32. > :13:36.smuggling more than 50 women into the UK in connection with
:13:37. > :13:40.prostitution. The family of a 17`year`old boy from
:13:41. > :13:45.Rochester, who was killed when he was hit by a car in the early hours
:13:46. > :13:48.of News Year's Day, has said he will live forever in their hearts,
:13:49. > :13:50.prayers and dreams. Augustine Carnell died after he was hht by a
:13:51. > :13:54.Carnell died after he was hit by a car as he walked along the @229 on
:13:55. > :14:01.Bluebell Hill. It's thought the King's School A`level student was
:14:02. > :14:05.returning home after a night out. Parts of Kent will no longer be a
:14:06. > :14:07.so`called "dumping ground" for cared`for children, according to the
:14:08. > :14:10.Head of Children's Services at Kent County Council. The pledge comes as
:14:11. > :14:11.the Government today announced reforms to where looked`after
:14:12. > :14:14.reforms to where looked`aftdr children can be placed and, as Peter
:14:15. > :14:21.Whittlesea reports, that includes a ban on routinely moving children
:14:22. > :14:27.miles from their homes. As a child, Sophie was taken into
:14:28. > :14:31.care. She says she never felt safe. That is why she welcomes today's
:14:32. > :14:33.announcements that there will be stricter rules about where
:14:34. > :14:36.residential care homes can be opened. They choose a location where
:14:37. > :14:38.the houses are cheaper, bec`use opened. They choose a locathon where
:14:39. > :14:42.the houses are cheaper, bec`use it is financially viable, and that
:14:43. > :14:44.creates problems for young people because they are areas wherd there
:14:45. > :14:48.because they are areas where there are gangs, drugs, violence, all
:14:49. > :14:51.these sorts of problems. Today, the Government also ended the practice
:14:52. > :14:57.of sending children miles away from where they live into care. Last
:14:58. > :15:01.year, figures showed 1200 looked after children were moved to Kent
:15:02. > :15:04.from 95 different local authorities, with the numbers highest in Thanet,
:15:05. > :15:05.where 243 of the children were with the numbers highest in Thanet,
:15:06. > :15:07.where 243 of the children wdre sent. where 243 of the children wdre sent.
:15:08. > :15:10.Today's new measures have been Today's new measures have bden
:15:11. > :15:14.welcomed by Kent county council. We are delighted that the Government
:15:15. > :15:17.have announced that councils will be required to place children for whom
:15:18. > :15:21.they are responsible in the care system much closer to home. We have
:15:22. > :15:22.seen places like Thanet in Kent induced as a dumping ground for some
:15:23. > :15:25.very vulnerable children placed induced as a dumping ground for some
:15:26. > :15:27.very vulnerable children pl`ced home very vulnerable children pl`ced home
:15:28. > :15:31.at the late hundreds of milds away from their home authority and that
:15:32. > :15:34.is unacceptable. The new measures is unacceptable. The new me`sures
:15:35. > :15:37.say the home should only opdn in safe areas and the locations will be
:15:38. > :15:39.in the public domain. There will be a strengthening of the state
:15:40. > :15:46.a strengthening of the statd intervention powers. This is claimed
:15:47. > :15:49.it will help to prevent high concentrations of children's homes.
:15:50. > :15:50.Here in Margate, all parties have been concerned about the nulber of
:15:51. > :15:53.been concerned about the number of children's homes opened up hn
:15:54. > :15:53.been concerned about the nulber of children's homes opened up in areas
:15:54. > :15:57.children's homes opened up hn areas considered a private. They fear it
:15:58. > :16:00.will pose challenges to children who are already deemed vulnerable. Those
:16:01. > :16:02.children already in care will remain where they are, but according to the
:16:03. > :16:05.county council, the new ruling where they are, but according to the
:16:06. > :16:09.county council, the new rulhng will affect new placements which will see
:16:10. > :16:17.fewer children being sent to Kent, relieving pressure on children's
:16:18. > :16:21.services and school places. The top story tonight:
:16:22. > :16:23.The power of the storm that's been bashing the south`east has been all
:16:24. > :16:28.too visible today. These were the scenes at Rock`a`Nore
:16:29. > :16:31.at Hastings this afternoon. The region tonight is bracing itself for
:16:32. > :16:35.more bad weather over the weekend. Also in tonight's programme:
:16:36. > :16:36.The future of Brighton's Speed Trials is in doubt, amid concerns
:16:37. > :16:38.about safety after a death at Trials is in doubt, amid concerns
:16:39. > :16:41.about safety after a death `t the about safety after a death at the
:16:42. > :16:43.event last year. And big In Japan, but hardlx heard
:16:44. > :16:46.And big In Japan, but hardly heard of at home. We speak to the Kent pop
:16:47. > :16:58.star who's hit the big time abroad. 2014 marks 30 years since an IRA
:16:59. > :16:59.bomb ripped apart the Grand Hotel in Brighton during the Conserv`tive
:17:00. > :17:07.Brighton during the Conservative Party conference. Five people died,
:17:08. > :17:09.31 were injured. And today, secret Government files, that have just
:17:10. > :17:10.been released, suggest the long`term consequences for the countrx
:17:11. > :17:11.been released, suggest the long`term consequences for the country could
:17:12. > :17:14.consequences for the countrx could have even more devastating than they
:17:15. > :17:15.were, with the attempted assassination of Margaret Thatcher
:17:16. > :17:16.and her Government almost derailing and her Government almost derailing
:17:17. > :17:21.delicate negotiations for pdace in delicate negotiations for pdace in
:17:22. > :17:31.Northern Ireland. Sara Smith has been investigating.
:17:32. > :17:34.October 1984, and the bomb has brought death and terror to
:17:35. > :17:41.Brighton. Beneath the debris, dozens of people lay buried. One question
:17:42. > :17:46.was the Prime Minister safe? The IRA's number one target survived. We
:17:47. > :17:49.were very lucky. But today's release of the Government papers by the
:17:50. > :17:54.National archive shows how close the then Prime Minister came to pulling
:17:55. > :17:57.the plug on fledgling Anglo`Irish peace talks. The talks were very
:17:58. > :18:02.secret. At a high level, the peace talks. The talks were very
:18:03. > :18:03.secret. At a high level, thd Cabinet secret. At a high level, the Cabinet
:18:04. > :18:07.Secretary and his counterpart, that is not insignificant, but they were
:18:08. > :18:09.very careful to keep them qtiet But on a note written on briefing papers
:18:10. > :18:13.within hours of the blast, Largaret within hours of the blast, Margaret
:18:14. > :18:16.Thatcher made her feelings on those talks continuing clear. "the events
:18:17. > :18:23.talks continuing clear. "thd events of Thursday night on Brighton mean
:18:24. > :18:26.most ``we must go very slow on these talks, if not stop them. It could
:18:27. > :18:27.look as if we were being bombed talks, if not stop them. It could
:18:28. > :18:27.look as if we were being bolbed into look as if we were being bolbed into
:18:28. > :18:35.making concessions to the republic". making concessions to the rdpublic".
:18:36. > :18:36.So she is really concerned that in the immediate aftermath of the
:18:37. > :18:38.attack that if they continud the immediate aftermath of the
:18:39. > :18:39.attack that if they continud to negotiate, it would look as though
:18:40. > :18:45.it was only because of the bomb In it was only because of the bomb. In
:18:46. > :18:49.another handwritten note a week later, she writes that she believes
:18:50. > :18:56.it will be the start of a sdries of attacks. Here, she is concerned that
:18:57. > :18:58.the bomb is not a one`off, that there will be a concerted series of
:18:59. > :19:01.there will be a concerted sdries of attacks by the IRA on the British
:19:02. > :19:08.government, the British mainland and perhaps her. So she is showhng some
:19:09. > :19:14.deep concern here, and that is unveiling the mask that you see
:19:15. > :19:18.generally of Margaret Thatcher. You actually see what the Prime Minister
:19:19. > :19:21.was thinking, the influences that she had, their decisions, who was
:19:22. > :19:22.trying to change her mind, and she had, their decisions, who was
:19:23. > :19:28.trying to change her mind, and her stubbornness at times, and her own
:19:29. > :19:32.personal beliefs. It was only the continued urging of her Foreign
:19:33. > :19:34.Office that managed to push negotiations ahead, and a ydar
:19:35. > :19:37.negotiations ahead, and a year later, despite and not becatse of
:19:38. > :19:37.the bombing, the Anglo`Irish agreement would finally be
:19:38. > :19:50.announced. It's been a fixture on the Brighton
:19:51. > :19:53.seafront for more than a century, thought to be the oldest running
:19:54. > :19:56.motor sport event in the UK, but thousands of people are now worried
:19:57. > :19:59.it may never be held again. Last year, the Brighton Speed Trials
:20:00. > :20:04.were cancelled following the death of a competitor in 2012. And, so
:20:05. > :20:05.far, the city council hasn't accepted an application to host it
:20:06. > :20:12.this year. Charlie Rose is in this year. Charlie Rose is in
:20:13. > :20:16.Brighton now. Yes, back in October, Brighton and
:20:17. > :20:19.Hove City Council sent an elail Yes, back in October, Brighton and
:20:20. > :20:22.Hove City Council sent an email to the chairman of the Hove motor club
:20:23. > :20:26.and said it did not want to take the booking for the speed trial event
:20:27. > :20:29.for 2014, but since then, the motor club has gathered an 8,000 strong
:20:30. > :20:33.petition in support of getting this petition in support of getting this
:20:34. > :20:37.year's event back on track. So could we now see a change of heart from
:20:38. > :20:41.the council? The accident was very much on
:20:42. > :20:44.acceleration in the national speed trials on Brighton seafront. It has
:20:45. > :20:51.been part of Brighton for wdll over a century. But last year's Speed
:20:52. > :20:56.Trials were cancelled, following the death in 2012 of a competitor.
:20:57. > :21:02.Charlotte tag was fatally injured when her motorcycle sidecar hit a
:21:03. > :21:02.wall at 100 mph. Rider Roger Hollingshead suffered seriots
:21:03. > :21:08.Hollingshead suffered serious injuries. A jury inquest returned a
:21:09. > :21:12.verdict of accidental death. No safety concerns have led to fears
:21:13. > :21:18.that this year's event will also be a nonstarter. It is such an historic
:21:19. > :21:21.event and draws huge crowds into Brighton. It will have a dr`matic
:21:22. > :21:27.effect on the club's finances, effect on the club's financds,
:21:28. > :21:28.obviously, for a start, and also, it is our premier event. We do run some
:21:29. > :21:32.other events but this is the other events but this is the
:21:33. > :21:36.Brighton Speed Trials and so many clubs come down further, it would be
:21:37. > :21:40.devastating for it not to run again. Brighton and Hove City
:21:41. > :21:45.Council says Madeira Drive does not have a good surface for high speeds
:21:46. > :21:47.and it has a responsibility for making sure events in the city
:21:48. > :21:47.and it has a responsibility for making sure events in the chty safe.
:21:48. > :21:50.It is nothing to do with being It is nothing to do with behng
:21:51. > :21:57.anti`car or anti`vehicle, this is done purely on the recommendations
:21:58. > :21:59.for safety grounds. But the Brighton and Hove Motor Club says thd
:22:00. > :21:59.for safety grounds. But the Brighton and Hove Motor Club says the event
:22:00. > :22:01.and Hove Motor Club says thd event speaks to the motorsport
:22:02. > :22:07.Association's strict rules of safety. `` sticks too. So f`r,
:22:08. > :22:07.Association's strict rules of safety. `` sticks too. So far, 8,500
:22:08. > :22:11.people have signed an onlind people have signed an online
:22:12. > :22:17.petition to get the council to run the event and keep this part of
:22:18. > :22:20.Brighton's history alive. And those first speed trials were all the way
:22:21. > :22:25.back in 1905 and saw three world records broken. As for this year, a
:22:26. > :22:27.final decision is expected on the 23rd of January.
:22:28. > :22:29.Thank you, Charlie. Now, to the story of a mothdr from
:22:30. > :22:34.Now, to the story of a mother from Kent, who's so well known as a pop
:22:35. > :22:42.star in Japan that she has to be accompanied when she visits the
:22:43. > :22:46.country. Charlie Jax has sold `` Charlie Jacks has sold thousands of
:22:47. > :22:47.albums in the Far East and tells us she's pretty much mobbed whdrever
:22:48. > :22:50.she's pretty much mobbed wherever she goes.
:22:51. > :22:53.Here, the mother of one works as a make`up artist with only a few
:22:54. > :22:57.people aware of her singer career in the Land of the Rising Sun. Ian
:22:58. > :23:00.Palmer spoke to the woman who's big in Japan at her home in Goudhurst,
:23:01. > :23:02.near Tunbridge Wells. The pop star loved by millions in
:23:03. > :23:06.south`east Asia, but unheard of here. Charlie Jacks' singing career
:23:07. > :23:13.began following a one`off atdition that was released in Japan ten years
:23:14. > :23:15.ago. # Dream of me when you are safe ..
:23:16. > :23:20.# Dream of me when you are safe... The next thing that I heard from
:23:21. > :23:23.them is that it had sold out in a day, 35,000 units, so we thhnk
:23:24. > :23:24.them is that it had sold out in a day, 35,000 units, so we think we
:23:25. > :23:25.day, 35,000 units, so we thhnk we should do something else. At that
:23:26. > :23:27.point I was going, yes, I al should do something else. At that
:23:28. > :23:32.point I was going, yes, I am going to be famous, laughing all the way
:23:33. > :23:36.to the bank expert nine number one singles and six albums later, the
:23:37. > :23:41.28`year`old is still popular in the Far East. Here she is in Tokyo
:23:42. > :23:46.during her first promotional tour. Fans queued around the block to get
:23:47. > :23:47.her signature. They took me to one shop and they were playing my
:23:48. > :23:49.her signature. They took me to one shop and they were playing ly songs
:23:50. > :23:53.in the shop as I walked in `nd then all of the people came over and
:23:54. > :24:05.asking for my autograph. It is amazing, the best feeling ever. Me?
:24:06. > :24:09.You want my autograph? Why? At home, Charlie's musical career is
:24:10. > :24:13.largely unknown. The mother of one sometimes work as a make`up artist
:24:14. > :24:15.with her mother, who is a photographer. Alison Webster says
:24:16. > :24:19.she is proud of her daughter's second career. Charlotte le`rns some
:24:20. > :24:22.second career. Charlotte learns some Japanese while we were over there
:24:23. > :24:24.and put it into one of her concerts, it was great fun and I was
:24:25. > :24:29.full of pride. Charlie writds and full of pride. Charlie writds and
:24:30. > :24:33.records her songs in Los Angeles in the United States. Her ambition is
:24:34. > :24:39.to have at least one hit here in the UK.
:24:40. > :24:46.So if I could give you One Direction fame, would you take it? Yeah.
:24:47. > :24:54.Yeah, why not? The new albul, Can You Hear Me, is out there. Her goal
:24:55. > :24:55.for the next few months, shd You Hear Me, is out there. Her goal
:24:56. > :25:01.for the next few months, she says, is to raise money for the charity
:25:02. > :25:06.Help For Heroes. Charlie Jacks, big in Japan, and of
:25:07. > :25:09.course, the big story here is the weather. We heard from you only
:25:10. > :25:12.about the strange, nations of things happening, what is the detail
:25:13. > :25:12.about the strange, nations of things happening, what is the detahl for
:25:13. > :25:16.happening, what is the detail for the weekend? The one good thing
:25:17. > :25:19.happening is Saturday afternoon does not look too bad if you are planning
:25:20. > :25:23.to be outdoors but there is no let up over the next couple of days,
:25:24. > :25:25.particularly for Sunday, strong winds and heavy rain and still some
:25:26. > :25:28.winds and heavy rain and sthll some rain around for Saturday,
:25:29. > :25:33.particularly during the morning and still valid for Sunday.
:25:34. > :25:40.Another warning, expecting gusts of `60 mph, 10`20 millimetres of rain,
:25:41. > :25:44.which does mean potential risks for flooding, particularly for coastal
:25:45. > :25:47.areas. If you have any concdrns check with flood line. Earlier, we
:25:48. > :25:52.were saying we have seen sole heavy, squally showers and we have
:25:53. > :25:58.seen gusts along the south coast of up to 60 mph. Even the aver`ge wind
:25:59. > :26:02.speed was around 25`30 mph. Temperatures today, nine or 10
:26:03. > :26:06.degrees, feeling really unpleasant and as we go through tonight, we
:26:07. > :26:10.continue to see some fairly squally showers. Then from midnight, mostly
:26:11. > :26:12.dry for a time but then we see further rain pushing up frol the
:26:13. > :26:14.south`west. We start Saturday on further rain pushing up from the
:26:15. > :26:19.south`west. We start Saturd`y on a rather wet road. Overnight
:26:20. > :26:23.temperatures staying rather mild, only six of seven degrees along the
:26:24. > :26:27.coast. Saturday, those winds will be easing along, blustery with lots of
:26:28. > :26:29.rain around during the morning. easing along, blustery with lots of
:26:30. > :26:31.rain around during the morning. Not as heavy as what we will sed
:26:32. > :26:31.rain around during the mornhng. Not as heavy as what we will see on
:26:32. > :26:35.as heavy as what we will sed on Sunday, but by the time we get to
:26:36. > :26:39.Saturday afternoon, much drher and brighter story. Wet during the
:26:40. > :26:40.morning and by the afternoon, we start a season breaks in the cloud
:26:41. > :26:45.start a season breaks in thd cloud cover, even some sunshine, dare we
:26:46. > :26:48.say it? Nine or 10 degrees, and even though the winds have eased off,
:26:49. > :26:51.still 15`20 mph with strongdr though the winds have eased off
:26:52. > :26:54.still 15`20 mph with strongdr gusts along the south coast. Through
:26:55. > :26:58.tomorrow night, we see some clearer skies, temperatures falling, closer
:26:59. > :27:04.to one or two degrees, so the unsettled weather we do see could
:27:05. > :27:07.have a wintry element. As wd start Sunday, potentially problems with
:27:08. > :27:12.some fog and mist and also some ice. Initially, we start dry but you can
:27:13. > :27:15.see it won't stay that way. We have got really strong winds, and even
:27:16. > :27:18.into the new week, squally showers and strong winds stay with us.
:27:19. > :27:20.and strong It really does feel unremitting,
:27:21. > :27:24.It really does feel unremitting doesn't it? And the weather is the
:27:25. > :27:26.big national story tonight, another massive winter storm has swept
:27:27. > :27:26.big national story tonight, another massive winter storm has swdpt up
:27:27. > :27:31.the entire west coast of the UK, the entire west coast of the UK,
:27:32. > :27:34.with winds up to 90 mph. The effects are also being felt in the
:27:35. > :27:40.south`east. People are being told to stay away from the sea, this cliff
:27:41. > :27:42.fall happened today in Hasthngs Rachel and I will be back with an
:27:43. > :27:44.Rachel and I will be back whth an update at half past ten. From all of
:27:45. > :27:46.us, goodbye.